Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presyncytial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: presyn-cy-tial
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to the formation of a syncytium

Example Sentences

"To test if Gw proteins respond to puromycin, we injected Drosophila embryos expressing Gw:EGFP either at the presyncytial blastoderm stage (when no GW-bodies are present) or at cellularization and observed GW-body dynamics over a twenty-minute time course."

Etymology

From pre- + syncytial.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does presyncytial mean?: Prior to the formation of a syncytium
Where does presyncytial come from?: From pre- + syncytial.

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